Toy pistol.



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TOY PISTOL.

APPLICATION FILlT-D JUNE 24, 1912.

Patented 0011.22, 1912. I

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. .iosnrirn. xineonn'oi'a' noivinsriiahirnnusrLvaNIa, assieuonrro Louis Enwnv ROTT, or HOMESTEAD, PENNSYLVANIA.

TOY risron.

Specification of Letters I a/tent. 1 Application filed June 24, 1912. Serial No; 705,612.

Patented Oct. 22, 1912.

To all it may concern:

Bait known that I, 'Josnrn D. KILGORE, a

citizen of the United States, residingat Homestead, in the countyof Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toy Pistols, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toy pistols designed for exploding what is generally known as paper caps and more particularly to a repeating pistol wherein the-caps used are supplied in strips.

' The pistol oft-he present invention is so constructed that a strip of paper cap ammunition wound in a roll may be placed in a receptacle below the barrel, from which it is automatically-fed by suitable means past the hammer to successively bring the caps or explosive charges thereon into firing position at each pullof the trigger. i The pistol is simple in construction an consists of few parts, a hammer, a trigger and a spring to actuate both, an escape .dog

between the hammer and tripper, a cap stripfeeding finger, anda second spring between the dog and the finger. l

. For the purpose of more clearly presenting this invention that it may be fully understood, attention is directed to the accompanying drawing and to. the followin'gdetailed description.

\ Figure 1 is a side elevation of a ty pistol q embodying the invention with one side of the casing removed and the parts in a nor .mally discharged position.- Figs. 2 and?) are similar views of the firing mechanism only but with theparts differently disposed.

. Figs. 4 and 5are detail views of the hammer.

Figs. 6 and 7 are similar views of the trigger. Figs. Sand 9 represent side and front views of the'escapement dog. Figs. 10 and 11 show side and top views of the cap strip fe'eding finger. a y In the drawings, the numeral 10 designates the frame or casing of thetoy which resembles. a pistol in outline and which may be cast intwo similar halves joined in the longitudinal center of the pistol and riveted or otherwise secured together, or the frame may be cast for the greater part of one piece,

' open on'one sideto receive the mechanism which, after being inserted, is closed by a plate rigidly fixed to the main frame. Both methods of construction are old and well known. I

I when the latter is in Pivoted on the un erside of the hammer" .At the front of the frame 10 below the barrel 11 is a chamber 12 to receive a paper.

cap strip 13 wound into a roll from whence it s fed upward against a vertical wall or firing abutment 1-1 in rear of the barrel 13.

Pivoted within the frame 10 but adapted to swingthrough an openingin the top ofthe same is the hammer 15, the forward end of which is arranged to strike squarely against the firing abutment 14 or the cap strip 13 osition.

of ,the escapement dog "and retract or cook the hammer when pressure is applied to the finger piece 22 of the trigger. Thecap strip feeding pawl26 pivoted atone end to the rear of the arm 25 extends forwardly and upwardly at an angle, its free end being somewhat sharp and bearing against the cap strip 13 as it lies against the abutment 14. A U-shaped spring 27 is engaged at one end a with a. shoulder 19 on the hammer, and at its other end I) with the arm 25 of the trigger. This single spring is sufficient to return the trigger when released by the finger,

and to drive the hammer forward with ample force to explode the caps. A second smaller spring 28 lies between the escape-.

ment dog 16 and the strip feeding pawl 26,

being attached to the lug 18 on the former,

and to the forward end of the latter,as shown, which spring holds the pawl against the cap strip, and the finger 17 of the dog in position to be engaged by the cooking arm 24.

The operation of the pistol is apparent from the above description and the several Every time the trigviews of the drawing, ger is pulled, the hammer will be raised, the feeding pawl 26 will simultaneously act on the cap strip 13 to raise a cap orexplosive spot on said strip into position to be struck by the hammer when it falls, which it'does automatically by the force of spring 27 after the cocking armhas raised the hammer and slipped past the finger 17 of the dog. I On releasing the trigger, the cocking arm and feeding pawl return to normal position What I claim-is:

'1. A toy. pistol comprisinga frame-having a firing abutment, a hammer, an escape dog pivoted on the hammer, a cap strip feeding pawl, a trigger having a rigid arm for actuating the hammer through the dog, and a I second arm on which the feeding pawl is pivoted for actuating said pawl, a return spring for thehammer and trigger, and a second spring tending to hold the dog and the pawl to their work.

2. A toy pistol comprising'a frame having a firing abutment, a hammer, an escape dog pivoted on the hammer and free to be moved in one direction, a cap strip feeding pawl hearing at its free end againstsaid abutment, a trigger having a rigid arm to engage the dog and actuate the hammer, and a second arm to which the feeding pawl is pivoted and bywhich it is operated, a U- shaped return spring for the hammer and the trigger and a second spring connected to the dog and pawl for holding them in operative position:

3. A toy pistol comprising a frame having a firing abutment, and a chamber to receive I a roll of paper fcap ammunition, a hammer arranged to strike said abutment, an escape dog having a depending finger, pivoted on the hammer and free to be moved in one I direction, a cap strip feeding pawl hearing .atits free end against said abutment to feed the ammunition stripto the hammer, atrlgget-having a rigid arm arranged to engage the on said dog and raise the hammer to firing position, then slip from said finger and permit the hammer to fall, said dog turningfon its pivot to permit the'return of the operating'arm on the trigger, a second rigid arm on the trigger to which the .cap

strip feeding pawl is pivoted and by which it is'ope'rated to advancejthe' cap strip, a single spring arranged to return the, hammer, trigger and cap strip feeding pawl to normal position, and a second spring connected to the dog and pawl for holding them to their work.

I 4. Atoy pistol comprising a framehaving a firing abutment, a forwardly striking pivoted hammer, and an escape dog pivoted on said hammer below the pivotal axis .of the latter, a trigger having an arm that engages I said dog to raise the hammer tofiringpost,

tion and then escapes from the dog to permit the hammer to fall, a cap strip feeding pawl pivoted on said trigger and hearing at its freeend against said abutment, a s'p'ring for retracting both'the "'hannner iand the trigger,- and a second spring for retracting the dog and holding the feeding pawl against the abutment.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presenceof two subscribing wit.-

nesses.

7 JOSEPH D. KILGORBL. Witnesses: I I f I E. Rorr, I ETHEL H. FISHER. A

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